Surprise

Post title: “Surprise” from If/Then the Musical

Elena: No more surprises
Your life’s on track

Beth: I’m moving forward
I won’t go back

Elena: So let your heart win
And let the doubt be gone

Elena & Beth: No more surprises

Beth: I’m moving on

Don’t shoot the messenger, but I have a confession to make: I started this blog for a class.  All semester, I’ve been following prompts and instructions and doing exactly what the professor has said to do – and more.  I’ve done my best to put my heart and soul into this blog, and I love writing for it.

Before you go getting all nervous – I’m not going anywhere.  I plan to continue writing for this blog long after the class is over and my final grade has been submitted.  I love writing about my love for Broadway and I have many hopes, dreams, goals, and plans for The View From Duffy Square.  I hope that if you’ve been reading for a while, and if you’ve followed my journey as a writer, you’ll continue to do so.  But for now, join me as I look back on how far I’ve come since late January/early February.  If you’re just getting here, feel free to check out some of my favorite previous posts, such as Something Was Missing, “Let’s hear it for the Rainbow Tour” – Part Two, “Special-ness seems de rigueur,” and “And then you’ll want the love you threw away before.”

I originally expected that the Broadway community had a larger presence on WordPress and in the blogging community in general.  So far, I have encountered wonderful people who love Broadway, but there haven’t been very many of them.  To my followers and continuous readers: I love you all and I am so grateful to have found you and to interact with you.  I wish that there was a larger Broadway blogosphere, but I know that many Broadway fans use Twitter, which is also a great format.  (Feel free to follow me @belleofbroadway!)

I also think that my original intent for this blog has shifted thanks to the prompts I’ve had to complete for class.  My professor came up with some pretty great prompts, and they were generally ones that I enjoyed writing about, but I struggled coming up with ideas for a few of them.  I think my writing reflects that.  I honestly think my writing is better when I allow myself to write whatever is on my mind or whatever I’m feeling passionate about.  That being said, I think that my blog will now be able to showcase pieces that are more meaningful to me.  I will also have all the time in the world to perfect my posts before publishing them.  I hope my readers will continue to like my posts as my blog might begin to take a new direction.

While I think that my tone has essentially stayed the same throughout the journey that has been this semester, I do believe my purpose has changed, and I hope that it will change back.  My original purpose for this blog was to write about my love for the Broadway community and all of its aspects.  I feel as though I haven’t been as passionate or creative lately with my posts as I’d like to be because I’ve had to stick to prompts (although learning different techniques is always useful).  I hope that my purpose will return to its original intent and that I will enjoy writing for this blog for a long time.

I look forward to continuing this blogging journey with all of you out there in the WordPress community and beyond.  I hope you’ll continue to enjoy my blog.  To paraphrase If/Then, no more surprises, my life’s on track.  I’m moving forward, I won’t go back.  I’m letting my heart win and letting the doubt be gone; I’m moving on – but not from this blog.  I’m moving forward.